Farmers are catching less than half of their normal haul. Restaurants are hiking prices for the tiny, lobster-like crustacean, which is threatening neighborhood traditions of gathering around a crawfish boil.
They provide essential services like emergency rescue and avalanche prevention, but they often can’t afford to live near where they work.
The companies’ plans have drawn skepticism from trade unions, consumer advocate groups and Colorado’s attorney general.
Manufacturer Ball Corp. reporting unprecedented demand for its cans during the pandemic, raises its minimum order fivefold.
The Census Bureau is offering higher wages and pulling workers in from neighboring states.
